With a cold drink in your hand, you watch emerald-colored water lap against pristine white sand beaches. This is truly paradise, and it’s hard to believe that this is the same Gulf of Mexico that you grew up seeing along the Texas coast.

Feb. 17 was a busy day at the Humble ISD administration building as several new candidates officially declared their intentions to run for seats on the Humble ISD Board of Trustees. In all, 15 candidates have filed to run in the May 2017 election.

A group of committed book lovers at Lone Star College-Kingwood took a gamble last year. In this age of Facebook and Twitter and streaming videos, they organized a book fair, inviting local as well as nationally and internationally published writers.